Carrozeria Castagna's new MINI Offerings

Carrozeria Castagna, the maker of the MINIWagon, (profiled on MotoringFile last year) has several new MINI related offerings for 2005. For those that aren’t familiar with Castagna, they’re a bespoke Italian coach-builder...

The MINI Canada Works Package

This comes from an MF reader: Just thought I’d pass on something of interest to your Canadian readers… MINI Canada is offering a limited edition Works package including the JCW Works Kit:...

2005 Geneva Auto Show Gallery

We’ve got another auto show gallery for you. This time from the 2005 Geneva Show. A big thanks to Fabrizio for all the photos.

Interested in Certified Pre-Owned MINIs?

All those who would consider themselves interested in certified pre-owned MINIs, your help is wanted. We’ve been approached by a company looking for people who would like to share why they’d be...

Men of Metal Transformer from MINI

It would seem my favorite childhood toy and my favorite current toy have just collided in pure 1985 retro bliss. Behold, the official Men of Metal Transformer from MINI. What originally started...

Inside MINI's Consumer Research

With all this talk of celebrity focus groups I thought it might be a good time to revisit a MotoringFile story from last spring in which we were lucky enough to get...

Intel Puts a Mini PC in a MINI

While it may not be as cool as the Mac Mini in a MINI, Intel is planning to display an ultra small PC installed in MINI for CeBIT 2005. Here’s more (tomshardware.com):...

MINI Next

We’ve got another MotoringFile scoop for you. In the next several months MINIUSA will be announcing a full certified pre-owned program called Next. According to a few reliable sources, the plan will...

MINI Plant Expansion Online in late '06

Interestingly this Autocar article is the first mention of even further expansion of the MINI plant in Oxford possibly later in the decade. Here’s an excerpt: It was revealed that BMW bosses...